Thread: Ok this is a bit frustrating

Hey so I had a very cool vivid dream last night of death and destruction in which I was so close to becoming lucid. Right at the end of the dream a big truck crashed and toppled over onto its side and I thought I want to get a picture of this so I pulled out my camera phone and I guess as soon as I realised I could not read my phone, making myself aware that I was dreaming, I woke up. I can't remember seeing my phone or thinking that it was a dream, I just woke up as soon as I pulled my phone out and started to look at it.

Where is your point?

I think his point is that he came really close to having a lucid dream (correct me if I'm wrong).

That always happens to me!

Originally Posted by Goldney

Where is your point?

I guess my point was to get other peoples insight or relations. Now, what was your point in replying?

He has a point. Such threads are unecessary. If you are going to recount an experience, post it into the Lucid Experiences thread. If you have a question, ask it. But posting something with no purpose...

Hmm well... It wasn't really a lucid experience but, okay!

Maybe I should have elaborated a bit... I was trying to point out that to acquire lucidity one is instructed to become aware of signs that you are dreaming; impossibilities that just could not happen in real life. I was simply pointing out that as soon as one of these impossibilities had arisen to me in my dream I did not have enough time to process or question it, I just instantly woke up. The reason for my post was to see if anyone could relate, because from what I read on this site people find it quite easy to keep themselves relaxed. It may simply be my inexperience but I really find it hard to keep from waking up in an instant as soon as I get close to consciously dreaming.

I really don't see any foul in posting this on here, after all the more information and experiences that are posted on here, the more people can learn from it but anyway my bad I guess.

Hey deXtrous, there is nothing wrong with your original post and I'm not sure why this response. Being a fairly experienced LDer I immediately knew what your point was and can indeed relate.

Lucid dreams are notoriously elusive! What you experienced is extremely typical for a beginner. Most people wake up within a couple of seconds the first time they become lucid. I believe this is because in the instant you become lucid there is a marked alteration in your conscious state and it gives you a bit of a jolt. Unless you are ready for this jolt you will most likely wake up, but once you have experienced it you know what to expect and can prime yourself (during waking hours) to stay calm whenever it happens. You woke up a second before you got to this point which is a shame, but I still consider it progress.

For some reason our brains have real trouble simulating modern appliances such as cellphones, digital watches, TVs etc in dreams. Interestingly, analogue clocks seem to work fine but digital ones go completely cuckoo. It seems our brains want to avoid having to simulate these appliances. I have noticed that when I'm dreaming and I look at a clock that I own in RL that is digital my brain will change it and make it analogue. It doesn't surprise me at all that you woke up before you got to look at your cellphone. Recently I've switched to a digital watch as my new RC and it took ages before my brain would allow me to see it in a dream. Finally, I had done so many RCs looking at it in RL that it became an integral part of me and I saw it in a dream. If you persist with your RCs, eventually your brain will allow you to do one while dreaming.

Just remember to keep priming yourself not to get too excited when it happens! Believe me, no matter how many LDs I have the exhilaration of being awake inside a dream never fades. I have simply learned to hold off my 'whoop whoops' until I wake up!

Originally Posted by deXtrous

I was trying to point out that to acquire lucidity one is instructed to become aware of signs that you are dreaming; impossibilities that just could not happen in real life. I was simply pointing out that as soon as one of these impossibilities had arisen to me in my dream I did not have enough time to process or question it, I just instantly woke up. The reason for my post was to see if anyone could relate, because from what I read on this site people find it quite easy to keep themselves relaxed. It may simply be my inexperience but I really find it hard to keep from waking up in an instant as soon as I get close to consciously dreaming.

This would have been a much more relevant opening post.